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1732 1914 

The One Hundred 

and 

Eighty-second Anniversary 

of the 

Birth of George Washington 

In the 

WASHINGTON MEMORIAL CHAPEL 

VALLEY FORGE 

Sunday, February 22, 1914 

at 3.30 p. m. 
THE REV. W. HERBERT BURK. B. D.. Rector 



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"While we are zealously performing the Duties' 
of good Citizens and Soldiers, we certainly ought 
not to be inattentive to the higher Duties of Relig- 
ion. To the distinguished Character of Patriot it 
should be our highest Glory to add to the more dis- 
tinguished Character of Christian." 

— IVashlnglon to his Soldiers at Valley Forge. 



THE ROOF OF THE REPUBLIC 

^^ HE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL CHAPEL commemorates the 
^^ builders of the nation. Out of their efforts grew the great 
Repubhc. All the memorials in the nave, choir and sanctu- 
ary and all the windows will commemorate Washington and his 
co-workers in the founding of the State, but over all these will 
stretch the " Roof of the Republic," in which each State will be 
represented by its Panel with its arms, carved and colored. On the 
walls of the Chapel will be placed the tablets bearing the names of 
the States, and the Donors of the State Panels, and, in some cases, 
the name of the person to whom the Panel is a Memorial. 

To New Jersey, though the generosity and patriotism of Mrs. 
Erastus Gaylord Putnam, belongs the honor of being the first to be 
represented in the " Roof of the Republic." The New Jersey State 
Panel is given in memory of Miss Ellen Mecum, Vice President 
General of the National Society, Daughters of the American 
Revolution. 



"I commend the interests of our dearest country 
to the protection of Almighty God, and those who 
have the superintendence of them to His holy 
keeping." 

— Washington's 'Valedictory Prater for the People 
of the United States of Jlmerica. 



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ProrfSBtonal 



Hymn 516 



Onward, Christian soldiers. 

Marching as to war, 
Witli the cross of Jesus 

Going on before! 
Christ, the royal Master, 
Leads against the foe; 
Forward into battle, 
See, His banners go. 
Onward, Christian soldiers. 

Marching as to war. 
With the cross of Jesus 
Going on before! 

At the sign of triumph 

Satan's host doth flee; 
On, then, Christian soldiers. 

On to victory! 
Hell's foundations quiver 

At the shout of praise; 
Brothers, lift your voices. 

Loud your anthems raise! 
Onward, etc. 

Like a mighty army 

Moves the Church of God; 
Brothers, we are treading 

Where the saints have trod; 



We are not divided. 

All one Body we. 
One in hope and doctrine. 

One in charity. 
Onward, etc. 

Crowns and thrones may perisih, 

Kinigdoms risie and wane. 
But the Church of Jesus 

Constant will remain; 
Gates of hell can never 

'Gainst that Church prevail; 
We have Christ's own promise. 

And that cannot fail. 
Onward, etc. 

Oward, then, ye people! 

Join our happy throng! 
Blend with ours your voices 

In the triumph song! 
Glory, laud, and honor, 

UiDJto Christ the King; 
This through countless ages 

Men and angels sing. 
Onward, etc. 

Amen. 



ANNIVERSARY SERVICE 



Except the Lord build the house: their labour is but lost that build it. 
Except the Lord keep the city: the watchman waketh but in vain. 

Psalm 118. Confitemini Domino 

give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious: because His mercy en- 
dureth for ever. 

Let Israel now confess that he is gracious: and that his mercy endureth 
for ever. 

Let the house of Aaron now confess: that his mercy eiadureth for ever. 

Yea, let them now that fear the Lord confess: that his mercy endureth 
for ever. 

1 called upon the Lord in trouble: and the Lord heard me at large. 
The Lord is on my side: I will not fear what man doeth unto me. 

The Lord taketh my part with th.em that help me: therefore shall I see 
my desire upon mine enemies. 

It is abetter to trust in the Lord: than to put any confidence in man. 

It is better to trust in the Lord: than to put any confidence in princes. 

All nations compassed me round about: but in the Name of the Lord will 
I destroy them. 

They kept me in on every side, they kept me in, I say, on every side: hut 
in the Name of the Lord will I destroy them. 

They came about me like bees, and are extinct even as the fire among the 
thorns: for in the Name of the Lord I will destroy them. 

Thou hast thrust sore at me, that I might fall: but the Lord was my help. 

The Lord is my strength, and my song: and is become my salvation. 

The voice of joy and health is in the dwellings of the rigtiteous: the 
right hand of the Lord bringeth mighty things to pass. 

The right hand of the Lord hath the pre-eminence: the right hand of the 
Lord bringetli mighty things to pass. 

I shall not die, but live: and declare the works of the Lord. 

The Lord hath chastened and corrected me: but he hath not given me 
over unito death. 

Open me the gates of righteousness: that I may go into them, and give 
thanks unto the Lord. 

This is the gate of the Lord: the righteous shall enter into it. 

I will thank thee, for th,ou hast heard me: and art become my salvation. 

The same stone which the builders refused: is become the head -stone in 
the corner. 



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This is the Lord's doing: and it is marvelous in our eyes. 

This is the day which the Lord hath made: we will rejoice and be glad in. 



Help me now, O Lord: O Lord, send us now prosperity. 
Blessed be he that cometh in the Name of the Lord: we have wished you 
good luck, ye that are of the house of the Lord. 

God is the Lord, who hath showed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, 
yea, even unto the horns of the altar. 

Thou art my God, and I will thank thee: thou art my God, and I will 
praise thee. 

give thanks unto the Lord, for he is gracious: and his mercy endureth 
for ever. 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son: and to the Holy Ghost; 

As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be: world without end. 
Ante a. 

The Cpeed 

1 believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth: 

And in Jesus Christ His only Son our Lord: Who was conceived by the 
Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary; Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was 
crucified, dead amd buried: He descended into hell; The third day He rose 
again from the dead: He ascended into heaven. And sitteth on the riglit hand 
of God the Father Almighty: From thence He shall come to judge the quick 
and the dead. 

I believe in the Holy Ghost: The Holy Catholic Church; the Communion 
of Saints: The Forgiveness of sins: The Resurrection of the body: And the 
life everlasting. Amen, 

The Lord be with you; 

And with thy spirit. 

Let us pray. 

O Lord, show Thy mercy upon us. 

And grant us Thy salvation. 

O God, make clean our hearts within us. 

And take not Thy Holy Spirit from us. 

Our Father, Who art iu Heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name Thy Kingdom 
come Thy Will be done, On earth as it is in heaven Give us this day our 
daily bread And forgive us our trespasses. As we forgive those who trespass 
against us And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us irom evil; For 
Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 



O Almighty God, who givest breath to every living thing, and of Whose 
power it is that peoples, nations and kindreds of men extend the bounds of 
their habitations, we give Thee hearty thanks for that spirit of brave adven- 
ture to which this Nation- owes its birth. We rejoice in the courage of those 
who, loving liberty and knowledge, removed the veil of mountains and of 
seas, seeking light and freedom for themselves and for their children; and 
we pray that Thou wilt give us the same spirit, and make us worthy of our 
heroic ideals and traditions. Give us grace ever to witness for Thee among the 
nations; and hasten the time, we pray Thee, when all the peoples of the earth 
shall dwell together in righteousness and peace, and war shall be no more. All 
which we ask in the name of Jesus Christ, our most blessed Lord and Saviour, 
Allien. 

Almighty God, with WTiom do live the spirits of those who depart hence 
in the Lord, and with Whom the souls of the faithful, after they are deliver- 
ed from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity; We give Thee hearty 
thanks for the good examples of all those Thy servants, who, having finished 
their course in faith, do now rest from their labours. And we beseech Tliee, that 
we, with all those who are departed in the true faith of Thy Holy Name, 
may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in Thy 
eternal and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellow- 
ship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. A^nen. 



Hymn 196 



Our fathers' God! to Thee, 
Author of liberty. 

To Thee we sing; 
Long may our land be bright 
With Freedom's holy light; 
Protect us by Thy might, 

Great God, our King! 

Bless Thou our native land! 
Firm may she ever stand. 

Through storm and night; 
When the wild tempests rave. 



Ruler of wind and wave. 

Do Thou our country save 

By Thy great might. 

For her our prayer shall rise 
To God, above the skies; 

On Him we wait; 
Thou Who art ever nigh. 
Guarding with watchful eye. 
To Thee aloud we cry, 

God save the State, 

Amen. 



ADDRESS 

BY 

®l]r lapucrpttiJ W. frrbrrt lurk. 1. i. 

Rector of the Washington Memorial Chapel. 

OPffmng for the Celebration Expenses and the Completion of the Washington 
Memorial Chapel. 

Hymn 187 



To Thee, our God, we fly, 

For mercy and for grace; 
Oh, hear our lowly cry, 

Aiixi hide not Thou Thy face. 
O Lord, stretch forth Thy mighty hand. 
And guard and hless our Fatherland. 

Arise, O Lord of hosts; 

Be jealous for Thy Name, 
And drive from out our coasts 

The sins that put to shame. 
O Lord, stretch forth Thy mighty hand, 
And guard and bless our Fatherland. 

Thy best gifts from on high 

In rich abundance pour. 
That we may magnify 

And praise thee more and more. 
O Lord, stretch forth Thy mighty hand, 
And guard and bless our Fatherland. 



The powers ordained hy Thee, 
With heavenly wisdom bless; 

May they Thy servants be. 
And rule in righteousness. 

O Lord, stretch forth Thy mighty hand. 

And guard and bless our Fatherland. 

The Church of Thy dear Son 
Inflame with love's pure fire. 

Bind her once more in one, 
And life and truth inspire. 

O Lord, stretch forth Thy mighty hand, 

And guard and bless our Fatherland. 

Give peace. Lord, in our time; 

Oh, let no foe draw nigh, 
Nor lawless deed of crime 

Insult Thy Majesty. 
O Lord, stretch forth Thy mighty hand. 
And guard and bless our Fatherland. 

Amen. 



^When the Offering is presented there shall be sung: 

All things oome of thee, O Lord, and of thine own have we given thee. — 1 
Chron. 24: 14, 



Concluding Prayers 

Almighty God, whose kingdom is everlasting and power infinite; Have 
mercy upon this whole land; and so rule the hearts of thy servants THE 
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, the Governor of this state 
and all others in authority, that, they knowing whose ministers they 



are, may above all things seek thy honour and glory; and that 
we and all the People, duly considering whose authority they bear, may 
faithfully and obediently nonour them, in thee, and for thee, according to thy 
blessed Word and ordinance; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee 
and the Holy Ghost liveth and reigneth ever, one God, world without end. 
Amen. 

O Lord our Saviour, Who hast warned us that Thou wilt require much of 
those to whom much is given; grant that we whose lot Thou has cast in so 
goodly a heritage, may faithfully strive together to extend to others the 
blessings which we enjoy; and as we have entered into the labours of other 
men, so to labour that in their turn' other men may enter into ours, to 
the fulfilling of Thy Holy Will and our own everlasting salvation; Who livest 
and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. 
Amen. 

O God, the Protector of all that trust in Thee, without whom nothing is 
strong, nothing is holy; Increase and multiply upom us Thy mercy; that Thou 
being our Ruler and Guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we 
finally lose not the things eternal. Grant this, O Heavenly Father, for Jesus 
Christ's sake our Lord. Amen. 

The Peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts 
and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ 
our Lord: And the Blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the 
Holy Ghost, be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen. 

Hymn 582 

stand up, stand up, for Jesus, Stand up, stand up, for Jesus! 

Ye soldiers of the cross! Stand in His strength alone! 

Lift high His royal banner! The arm of flesh will fail you. 

It must not suffer loss: Ye dare not trust your own: 

From victory unto victory Put on the Gospel armour. 

His army shall He lead; And watching unto prayer. 

Till every foe is vanquished, When duty calls, or danger. 

And Christ is Lord indeed. Be never waniting there! 

Stand up, stand up, for Jesus! Stand up, stand up, for Jesus! 

The trumpet call obey! The strife will not be long: 

Forth to the mighty conflict This day, the noise of battle; 

In this His glorious day! The next, the victor's song. 

Ye that are men now serve Him. To him that overcometh, 

Against unnumbered foes! A crown of life shall be; 

Let courage rise with danger. He with the King of glory 

And strength to strength oppose. Shall reign eternally. 

Amen. 



"No spot on earth -not the plains of Marathon, 
nor the passes of Sempach, nor the place of the 
Bastile, nor the dykes of Holland, nor the moors of 
England -is so sacred in the history of the struggle 
for human liberty as Valley Forge." 

— Cyrus Townsend Brad)). 



WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN ELEVEN YEARS 

Without a communicant, without a cent, this work was begun. 
There are now about 90 communicants, about as many more Sunday- 
school members, and a property worth $89,000 : $3,500 in the Endow- 
ment Fund of the Parish, $800 in the Endowment Fund of the Wash- 
ington Memorial Library, and $575 in the Endowment Fund of the 
Valley Forge Museum of American History. 

The Chapel is only partly built, but it contains : The Washing- 
ton-Wood Pulpit, Perclose and Lectern; the Washington-Sullivan 
Font; 25 Pews of the Patriots; the Major Generals' Screen; the 
Brigadier Generals' Screen ; the Washington Door ; the Commander- 
in-Chief's Door; the Washington-Burk Memorial; the Thaddeus 
Thompson Tablet ; the John Benjamin Tablet ; the Hovenden Casts 
for the Tablets in Memory of the Signers of the Declaration of 
Independence and the Framers of the Constitution ; the New Jersey 
State Panel in the Roof of the Republic. 

The Cloister of the Colonies has seven bays, representing the 
States of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, Massa- 
chusetts, Delaware and New York. 

The Patriots' Hall. Only one room is built, but this contains 
over $10,000 worth of relics and books. 

The Valley Forge Museum of American History. This is 
already the greatest attraction of Valley Forge, and is steadily 
increasing in historic interest. Washington's Marquee is the most 
precious relic of Washington outside Mount Vernon. 

The Washington Memorial Library contains hundreds of 
volumes, many of great value. 

The Washington Memorial Cemetery, with its acres of lawn 
and woodland, is one of the greatest assets of the parish. Only a 
part of the ground has been developed. 

The Defenders' Gate is one of the most imposing landmarks 



of Valley Forge. The Grand Army of the Republic is building the 
arch in memory of Lincoln. 

Other Memorials to the amount of over $20,000 are promised. 
This amount does not include pledges for the completion of the 
Chapel, or of relics and buildings for the Valley Forge Museum of 
American History. 

Recapitulation. Three great institutions: the Washington 
Memorial Chapel, the Valley Forge Museum of American History, 
the Washington Memorial Library ; a property worth $80,000 ; 
pledges for Memorials amounting to $22,400 ; pledges for the com- 
pletion of the Chapel ; the Chancel and $1,500. 



Committee for the Completion of the Washington 
Memorial Chapel 

The Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Garland, D. D., D. C. L. 

The Church House, 12th and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia. 

The Rev. V/. Herbert Burk Stevens Heckscher 

John E. Baird George M. Henderson 

T. Broom Belfield Francis A. Lewis 

A. J. Drexel Biddle Ewing L. Miller 

George R. Bower W. D. Neilson 

Reynolds D. Brown William H. Reeves 

J. C. Buck Thomas E. Shoemaker 

Joseph Hornor Coates Charlemagne Tower 

William Drayton R. Francis Wood 

Morris Earle George Woodward, M. D. 
W. W. Frazier 

George R. Bower, Secretary. R. Francis Wood, Esq., Treasurer 

Committee on Memorial Windows. 
The Rev. Henry Martyn Medary Joseph Hornor Coates 

The Rev. L. C. Washburn, S. T. D. William Drayton 
William H. Reeves 



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